Patents by Inventor Taek LEE

Taek LEE has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11815798
    Abstract: A camera module includes a movable element; a lens coupled to the movable element; a first substrate fixed to the bottom surface of the movable element; an image sensor disposed on the first substrate; a second substrate disposed below the first substrate; and a wire for connecting the second substrate to the movable element. At least a part of the wire is made of a shape memory alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jun Taek Lee
  • Publication number: 20230361636
    Abstract: A rotor assembly comprising rotatable element having a set of first permanent magnets and a set of second permanent magnets alternately circumferentially spaced about the rotatable element. The first permanent magnets are evenly spaced from each other, the second permanent magnets are evenly spaced from each other, and each second permanent magnet is disposed between and unevenly spaced from a respective pair of immediately adjacent first permanent magnets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventor: Seong Taek Lee
  • Patent number: 11812061
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for decoding a video including determining a coding unit to be decoded by block partitioning, decoding prediction syntaxes for the coding unit, the prediction syntaxes including a skip flag indicating whether the coding unit is encoded in a skip mode, after the decoding of the prediction syntaxes, decoding transform syntaxes including a transformation/quantization skip flag and a coding unit cbf, wherein the transformation/quantization skip flag indicates whether inverse transformation, inverse quantization, and at least part of in-loop filterings are skipped, and the coding unit cbf indicates whether all coefficients in a luma block and two chroma blocks constituting the coding unit are zero, and reconstructing the coding unit based on the prediction syntaxes and the transform syntaxes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sun Young Lee, Jeong-yeon Lim, Tae Young Na, Gyeong-taek Lee, Jae-seob Shin, Se Hoon Son, Hyo Song Kim
  • Publication number: 20230353848
    Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a dual camera module comprising a first camera module and a second camera module, wherein: a first magnet unit of the first camera module includes a first magnet and a second magnet, both disposed opposite to each other on a side surface of a first housing; a second magnet unit of the second camera module includes a third to a sixth magnet arranged on four respective corners of a second housing; a third magnet unit is disposed on a side surface of the first housing facing the second housing; the third magnet unit is disposed between the first magnet and the second magnet; and the third magnet unit is smaller than the first magnet and is disposed on a virtual line connecting an optical axis of the first camera module and an optical axis of the second camera module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Jun Taek LEE, Sang Jun MIN, Tae Jin JUNG
  • Publication number: 20230350157
    Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a lens driving device comprising: a housing; a bobbin disposed inside the housing; and a lower elastic member provided on the lower side of the bobbin and coupled to the bobbin and to the housing, wherein the lower elastic member comprises a first outer portion, which is coupled to the housing, a second outer portion, which is coupled to the housing and is spaced from the first outer portion, a first inner portion, which is coupled to the bobbin, a second inner portion, which is coupled to the bobbin and is spaced from the first inner portion, a first elastic portion, which connects the first outer portion and the first inner portion, a second elastic portion, which connects the second outer portion and the second inner portion, and an inner connecting portion, which connects the first inner portion and the second inner portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventor: Jun Taek LEE
  • Publication number: 20230350155
    Abstract: A lens driving device is provided, including: a cover member; a bobbin installed with at least one lens and having a coil unit arranged on an outer circumferential surface of the bobbin; a magnet arranged at a positon corresponding to that of the coil unit; first and second elastic members, where one end of each of the first and second elastic members may be respectively coupled to an upper surface and a lower surface of the bobbin and supporting movement of the bobbin in an optical axis direction; a detection unit configured to detect movement of the bobbin in a direction parallel to the optical axis direction; a damping member arranged at a connecting portion between the bobbin and the first elastic member; and a support unit provided at at least one of the bobbin and the first elastic member and maintaining an arranged position of the damping member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Sang Ok PARK, Seong Min LEE, Jun Taek LEE, Byung Wook SON, Sang Jun MIN, Kyoung Ho YOO
  • Patent number: 11800144
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for adaptive bidirectional optical flow estimation for inter-screen prediction compensation during video encoding. The method aims to reduce complexity and/or cost of bidirectional optical flow (BIO) at a pixel level or a subblock level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong-yeon Lim, Hyo Song Kim, Hyeong-duck Kim, Se-hoon Son, Jae-seob Shin, Gyeong-taek Lee, Sun-young Lee
  • Patent number: 11800143
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for adaptive bidirectional optical flow estimation for inter-screen prediction compensation during video encoding. The method aims to reduce complexity and/or cost of bidirectional optical flow (BIO) at a pixel level or a subblock level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong-yeon Lim, Hyo Song Kim, Hyeong-duck Kim, Se-hoon Son, Jae-seob Shin, Gyeong-taek Lee, Sun-young Lee
  • Patent number: 11800142
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for adaptive bidirectional optical flow estimation for inter-screen prediction compensation during video encoding. The method aims to reduce complexity and/or cost of bidirectional optical flow (BIO) at a pixel level or a subblock level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong-yeon Lim, Hyo Song Kim, Hyeong-duck Kim, Se-hoon Son, Jae-seob Shin, Gyeong-taek Lee, Sun-young Lee
  • Patent number: 11800145
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for adaptive bidirectional optical flow estimation for inter-screen prediction compensation during video encoding. The method aims to reduce complexity and/or cost of bidirectional optical flow (BIO) at a pixel level or a subblock level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong-yeon Lim, Hyo Song Kim, Hyeong-duck Kim, Se-hoon Son, Jae-seob Shin, Gyeong-taek Lee, Sun-young Lee
  • Patent number: 11792397
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is video encoding or decoding for efficiently encoding video. The techniques of the present disclosure are related to various split shapes of a block, syntaxes representing various split types of blocks, and syntax elements represented at a high level therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong-yeon Lim, Sun-young Lee, Hyeong-duck Kim, Hyo Song Kim, Se-hoon Son, Jae-seob Shin, Gyeong-taek Lee
  • Publication number: 20230324707
    Abstract: A lens moving apparatus includes a housing having a recess; a bobbin disposed in the housing; a first coil unit disposed at the bobbin; a magnet disposed at the housing and facing the first coil unit; an upper elastic member coupled to an upper portion of the bobbin and an upper portion of the housing; a circuit board disposed under the housing; a second coil unit disposed on the circuit board and facing the magnet; and a support member electrically connecting the upper elastic member and the circuit board. A portion of the support member is disposed in the recess of the housing. The housing includes a protrusion extending upwards from an upper surface thereof, and the protrusion is positioned farther from a center of the housing than the recess of the housing when viewed from a top.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Bong PARK, Jun Taek LEE, Kyoung Ho YOO, Seung Taek SHIN, Jin Suk HAN
  • Publication number: 20230324765
    Abstract: One embodiment relates to a lens driving device, comprising: a base; a circuit board disposed on the base; a housing disposed on the base; a bobbin disposed in the housing; a magnet disposed in the housing; a first coil disposed on the bobbin and opposite the magnet; and a second coil disposed between the circuit board and the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Jun Taek LEE, Yun Ho NOH, Sang Ok PARK
  • Publication number: 20230305265
    Abstract: A lens driving device is provided, the lens driving device includes: a housing; a bobbin disposed inside of the housing; a support member coupled to the bobbin and the housing; and a sensor sensing a position of at least one of the bobbin and the housing, wherein the support member may include a first support unit, and a second support unit disposed not parallel to the first support unit, wherein the sensor may be disposed more adjacent to the first support unit than to the second support unit, and wherein an elastic modulus of the fist support unit may be lower than an elastic modulus of the second support unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Sang Ok PARK, Sang Jun MIN, Jun Taek LEE
  • Publication number: 20230305362
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention relates to a lens driving device comprising: a base; a housing disposed on the base; a substrate disposed between the base and the housing; a holder disposed in the housing; a first magnet and a first coil for moving the housing and the holder in an optical-axis direction; a second magnet disposed in the holder; and a second coil disposed between the housing and the substrate and placed in a position corresponding to the second magnet, wherein the second coil moves the holder in a direction perpendicular to the optical-axis direction, a first region of the substrate is connected to the housing and a second region of the substrate is connected to the base, and the first region of the substrate is moved according to the movement of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Taek LEE, Kyoung Ho YOO
  • Publication number: 20230296858
    Abstract: A lens driving device according to an embodiment comprises: a movable unit on which at least one lens is mounted; a first coil and a driving magnet which face and interact with each other such that the movable unit is moved in the optical axis direction of the lens; a position sensor for sensing the position of the movable unit in the optical axis direction or a driver comprising the position sensor; and a positively magnetized magnet arranged to face the position sensor or the driver, wherein the positively magnetized magnet comprises a first side surface, which faces the position sensor and has a first polarity, and a second side surface, which faces the position sensor, which is arranged to be spaced from the first side surface in a direction parallel with the optical axis direction or arranged to abut the first side surface, and which has a second polarity that is the opposite of the first polarity of the first side surface, and the length of the first side surface in the optical axis direction may be equ
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Byung Wook Son, Seong Min Lee, Jun Taek Lee
  • Publication number: 20230291990
    Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a camera device comprising a printed circuit board, a gyro sensor, and a first lens driving device, wherein the first lens driving device includes a cover member, a bobbin, a magnet, a coil and a substrate, the gyro sensor is arranged to be closest to a first lateral plate from among first to fourth lateral plates of the cover member, the substrate includes a first terminal unit and a plurality of terminals, which are arranged at the first terminal unit and are electrically connected to the printed circuit board, and the first terminal unit of the substrate is arranged at a location corresponding to the first lateral plate of the cover member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Jun Taek LEE, Kyoung Ho YOO
  • Publication number: 20230273396
    Abstract: A lens driving device is provided, the lens driving device including: a housing; a bobbin disposed at an inner side of the housing; a first driving part disposed on the bobbin; a second driving part disposed on the housing and facing the first driving part; a first mounting part disposed on the bobbin; a second mounting part disposed on the bobbin and disposed at an opposite side of the first mounting part based on a center of the bobbin; a first magnet disposed on the first mounting part; a sensor part sensing a position of the first magnet; and a second magnet disposed on the second mounting part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Jun Taek LEE, Sang Ok PARK, Byung Wook SON, Seong Min LEE
  • Patent number: 11740430
    Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a lens driving device comprising: a housing; a bobbin disposed inside the housing; and a lower elastic member provided on the lower side of the bobbin and coupled to the bobbin and to the housing, wherein the lower elastic member comprises a first outer portion, which is coupled to the housing, a second outer portion, which is coupled to the housing and is spaced from the first outer portion, a first inner portion, which is coupled to the bobbin, a second inner portion, which is coupled to the bobbin and is spaced from the first inner portion, a first elastic portion, which connects the first outer portion and the first inner portion, a second elastic portion, which connects the second outer portion and the second inner portion, and an inner connecting portion, which connects the first inner portion and the second inner portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jun Taek Lee
  • Patent number: 11743562
    Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a dual camera module comprising a first camera module and a second camera module, wherein: a first magnet unit of the first camera module includes a first magnet and a second magnet, both disposed opposite to each other on a side surface of a first housing; a second magnet unit of the second camera module includes a third to a sixth magnet arranged on four respective corners of a second housing; a third magnet unit is disposed on a side surface of the first housing facing the second housing; the third magnet unit is disposed between the first magnet and the second magnet; and the third magnet unit is smaller than the first magnet and is disposed on a virtual line connecting an optical axis of the first camera module and an optical axis of the second camera module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Taek Lee, Sang Jun Min, Tae Jin Jung